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The Old Rectory, Main Street, Hackthorn

WL/2025/01172TREE_Cons Area Tree ApplicationApproved

Approved on 7 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Notice to carry out tree works: T1 weeping pear - reduce radius to 2m all around, remove dead, diseased, crossing and rubbing branches, crown thin. T2 staghorn sumac - fell. T3 hazel - partial coppice by removing older branches at the base and thin out existing younger branches. T4 purple leaf hazel - partial coppice removing older branches at the base, thin out existing younger branches. T5 damson - fell. T6 holly - prune and shape to reduce overall height to 2.5m and width to 1.5m. T7 sycamore - remove lower branches that are growing downwards over garden and branches overhanging the highway. Within the Hackthorn conservation area.

Submitted
1 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Jan

Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at THE OLD RECTORY, MAIN STREET, HACKTHORN. West Lindsey has handled 198 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 12 days quicker than West Lindsey's typical decision time. The site is in the Hackthorn conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across DUNHOLME AND WELTON. We hold 1,445 applications in total for the LN2 postcode area.

100% of tree_cons area tree applications at West Lindsey District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
LN2 3PF
Application type
TREE_Cons Area Tree Application

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Hackthorn
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: West Lindsey

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